Political Repression

A Big "NO" to Charter Change

Submitted by Karl on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 08:29.

3 Mins | YouTube | 2009 | English | Kodao

Tens of thousands of Filipinos trooped to the streets last June 10 to denounce and oppose the passage of House of Representatives Resolution 1109 passed in the dead of the night by allies of President Gloria Arroyo last June 3rd.

In the financial district of Makati, people from all walks of life marched with placards, streamers, flags and other visual forms of protest before converging at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas.
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Artists File Supreme Court Petition vs National Artist Awards

Submitted by Karl on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 10:44.

4 mins | YouTube | 2009 |English | Kodao

Filipino artists filed a Supreme Court petition against the awarding of the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining (National Artist Award) citing Malacanang's intervention in the selection process.

Related Video: Filipino Artists Mourn the Death of Honor

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‘Dukot’: Courageous Movie Tackles Worsening Rights Abuses in Philippines

Submitted by Karl on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 20:52.

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(Bonifacio Ilagan is a member of Kodao Productions and creative consultant for most of Kodao's video content. Watch the trailer at the Bulatlat.com website.) read more »

Dukot’s fearlessness emanates from its depiction of the truth about the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines today. As Bonifacio Ilagan, the scriptwriter, put it: “It minces no words in pointing out the real perpetrators” of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

The release of NDF Consultant Elizabeth Principe

Submitted by Karl on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 20:42.

5 mins | YouTube | 2009 | Filipino | Kodao

Last July 21, Elizabeth Principe was released from detention in Camp Crame after being held since November 28, 2007. Principe, 56 years old, is a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the peace process with the government.

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Solidarity Action Against the Rightist Coup in Honduras

Submitted by Karl on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 02:27.

2 mins | YouTube | 2009 | English | Kodao

The brazen takeover of the government by the top brass of the Honduran Armed Forces and Honduras' traditional oligarchs has outraged the Honduran people who have taken to the streets to reject the rightist coup. Unions, students, women and other social sectors have launched a general strike, setting up barricades and defying the curfew imposed by the Micheletti government. The army, headed by US-trained General Romeo Vasquez, has responded with increasing violence which has so far resulted in at least two deaths, over a hundred injured and hundreds more imprisoned.

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Health Workers Visit Lozada in Hospital

Submitted by Karl on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 13:02.

3 mins 36 secs | YouTube | 2009 | English | Kodao

Members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) visited whistle-blower Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada last May 7 at the Medical Center Manila. Previously detained at the Manila City Jail, Lozada was transferred to the hospital after suffering from dehydration and difficulty in breathing. read more »

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"We are against Charter Change!"

Submitted by Karl on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 13:08.

2 mins | YouTube | 2009 | Kodao

News coverage of the February 2009 picket against charter change.

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Ligalig Exhibit Launch at Conspiracy

Submitted by kodaoprod on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 21:04.

Ligalig
Portraits of human insecurity and public unrest

An exhibit of 8x10" photographs, July 15 - August 2, 2008
An initiative of Artist's Arrest, Southern Tagalog Exposure and Kodao Productions

Ligalig portrays local contradictions in anticipation of the State of the read more »

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